Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-02-24

for four years, for uttering forged paper
received an absolute discharge by order OF
the supreme court few days since.
Ezra +. Blood, one Of the oldest pioneers
OF Tecumseh, Is dead.
David Dyer Of Lansing fell on the side
walk the other day and broke his leg
David was drunk and his wife has brought
suit against the man who sold him the
liquor.
A hay famine Is reported among the
farmers in Wexford county.
Dibby Harris and Lowrie Hartwell have
been arrested at Coldwater for the 5000
robbery of cash and jewelry from the resi-
last November. A portion of the booty
has been recovered. Neither OF the boys
Is out Of his teens.
Salt has been found in Denmark, Tusco.
la county. ~
The Detroit, Charlevoix G. Escanaba
railroad company has elected directors,
with r. NJ Cherrie of Ironton; as presi-
dent Work on the new road WIN be
pushed forward vigorously.
The State Reading Circle which has been
In operation about year numbers 1000
members. The object Of the circle is to
give teachers an opportunity to pursue q
systematic course OF professional and lit
erary reading at their homes.
A. w. Hammer of Ypsilanti, has been
dTTeSUeu db tne instance OF ADram Lifts
worth OF Genesee county, on the charge
OF fraudulently obtaining signatures to
Bohemian oats notes. Hammer was secre-
tary OF the Ypsilanti Oats Company, and
operated successfully throughout the CEN
trail part of the state.
The national greenback party In Michi-
gan will hold state convention at Mead's
hall in the city of Lansing, on Tuesday,
March !, 1887, at IL O'Clock, for the purpose
OF nominating two justices OF the supreme
court and two regents OF the university.
Mrs. Jane A. Maus aged IS years,
dropped dead upon the street of Grand
Rapids. the other day, OF heart disease.
The Port Huron & Northwestern rail-
way brought to Port Huron a few days
They were consigned to Naples, Italy.
George Terrell Of Grand Rapids, has
been sentenced to the Ionia house Of cor
rection for the term Of two years, for
having shot a comrade named Mccullough
last summer during a quarrel. The trial
est. as the young man previous to the
trouble had borne good reputation. He
took the sentence very hard.
Edward Hoffner of Detroit, and his three
little children were terribly burned the
other day, by an explosion Of some fluid
used In the finishing room of Hoffner's
furniture store. There is but little proba-
bility that the children can recover, and
should the father live he will be a cripple
for life.
Col. Delos Phillips Of Kalamazoo is:dead.
The steamer Algomah broke her shaft
when near Mackinaw City the other day.
Menominee has a genuine case OF faith
cure. In August last Mrs. James Ivey fell
and sustained a very painful injury in the
hip from which she never recovered, all
medical skill proving unavailable. About
three weeks since the sufferer was reading
In paper a case of faith cure, and simi-
lar cure in her own case was suggested by
the narrative. She at once retired to her
room and appealed to God for relief from
her pain which Immediately left her, and
she at once stood upon her injured limb
which he had been unable TO use for many
months. For six months Mrs Ivey was
obliged to use a crutch in walking. She is
now as well as she ever was.
d. N. Preston, for many years a promi-
nent business man OF Corunna, is dead.
Annie Cowen, charged with burning
Cornelius Waldron's barn near Ionia, has
been acquitted.
A conference of prison wardens is to be
held in Detroit on the sth of March.
The three little children of Edward Hoff-
ner of Detroit, who were burned on the
10th inst, died the next morning.
jackson citizens have until March Cd to
decide whether they will donate s., 500 to-
ward placing the state fair buildings in
proper shape.
Henry Duffany Of Bay City is in jail for
bogus money through the
mails.
Hillsdale pc ople were treated to sight
OF genuine meteor the other night.
The senate committee on commerce has
made the following changes in the river
and harbor bills: Grand Marais, increase
$40, 900; for the purchase of the Portage
Lake canal. $3.50, 900; st. Joseph harbor,
including Improvement on ship canal from
Benton Harbor to canal, increase $4,000.
II. D. Dodds Of North Branch took IS
grains of morphine TO allay pain, and in
three hours he was dead.
Mrs Sackett of Ann Arbor, has decided
a piece Of property valued AT $4,000 to the
Presby terians of that city, as the nucleus
Tor fund which shall result in the cree
ton and maintenance Of a Presbyterian
theological seminary there.
John Starmer, charged with the killing
Of Dell Cheesman, has been discharged.
The postoffice at Leon, Gratiot county,
has been discontinued.
Contracts have been let for the erection
IL thirty new buildings at Holland as
'oon as spring opens. The aggregate
value OF these structures is in the neigh
A lady named Ann King, aged 50 years, |
was married to an individual known as
Doc." Smith a few days since by a justice |
of the peace in Wheatland township, Me- |
,osta county. Smith is nearly 75 years
old.
The sulphite paper pulp factory at Alpe- |
IA is running night and day and the out
put is almost 10000 pounds daily.
Mrs. Frank Schoten has brought suit |
!, uatpaS pIaEaolaa
'armer residing in the suburbs of Kalama-
100, for $40, 900 damages for injuries alleged |
10 have been received last June from an
assault committed on her by Blakeslee. |
Blakeslee's cattle were impounded on Mrs. |
Schoten's premises, and she alleges that |
8lakeslee struck her with a plank while
them and that she has been con-
lined to her bed since.
The Champion mine strike is ended.
Miss Sarah Willet of Fair Plains, III ont
,alm county, committed suicide the other
lay.
]. W. Schermerhorn, general merchant
,f Nottawa, has failed for $50, 500
A prison wardens' conference will be
held In Detroit on the Sth OF March The
object is to obtain photographs, and au-
thentic records of every criminalin Ameri-
oris IN the warden will know Just what he
$ and how to treat him. At pretend the
wardens are often unable to teil whether
nan Is an old offender or whether it L. his
irst offense.
According to the Detroit Tribune out of
twenty eight Detroit ministe inter view.
ID on the subject OF prohibition. fifteen will
work for the amendment eight will only
vote for 1t, two will oppose It, and one Is
undecided.
Vicksburg business men have 70 rmed an
association for the improvement of the
Town in business way.